Two Bedouin boys at Bir ... Frame:natural

Two Bedouin boys at Bir ... Frame:naturalTwo Bedouin boys at Bir Muhammad Yahyah well near Wadi Bayd. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.

The table is full of dishes

In the distance beyond a dhow (sailboat) sails up the creek

Further beyond softly rolling dunes rise above the grove and stretch into a high ridge along the horizon

The dhow's sails are tied down along the yard

its bow pointing towards the far distance

Along the aisles market stalls sit out of sight behind closed and padlocked wooden doors

Two more pots and a coffeepot stand on the ground

camping under a tree

a man and an older boy

are seven members of staff

In the foreground donkey drinks from a trough at an open air market

In the distance beyond Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions